
vacuum formed high impact polystyrene
Seth Price's *Vacuum Formed High Impact Polystyrene* exemplifies the artist's ongoing investigation into industrial production, consumer culture, and the aesthetics of mass reproduction. The work employs vacuum-forming techniques to manipulate polystyrene, a ubiquitous plastic material, transforming it into an object that blurs the boundaries between sculpture, packaging, and commodity. Price's practice consistently interrogates how meaning, value, and form are shaped by the processes and materials of contemporary manufacturing.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 16, 2014
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Wade Guyton
American · b. 1972

Guyton similarly interrogates industrial and mechanical reproduction processes, using commercial technologies to produce objects that question authorship and the boundaries between manufacturing and fine art. His work shares Price's preoccupation with how industrial processes generate aesthetic meaning and commodity value.

Haim Steinbach
Israeli American · b. 1944

Steinbach's sculptural arrangements of mass produced consumer goods directly parallel Price's investigation into how industrial materials and packaging aesthetics carry embedded cultural and economic meaning. Both artists transform ubiquitous commercial objects into conceptual sculpture that critiques consumer culture.

Rachel Harrison
American · b. 1966

Harrison constructs sculptural works using synthetic industrial and commercial materials that similarly dissolve boundaries between commodity objects and fine art sculpture. Her practice shares Price's interest in neutral tones, manufactured surfaces, and the conceptual weight that industrial fabrication processes bring to contemporary sculptural form.
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